Economics and market research
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About the Economics Team
The ANZ Economics and Markets Research team is headed by Chief Economist, Sharon Zollner. Sharon’s team of experienced strategists and economists provide forecasts and research on the New Zealand economy and financial markets.
Data Wrap
Weekly developments in the international and local financial markets, and economic commentary.
Economic Outlook
View forecasts for the macro-economy and trends in New Zealand’s financial markets.
Business Outlook survey
The results of a monthly survey of hundreds of businesses nationwide. Components in the survey are highly correlated with GDP.
Commodity Price Index
A summary of the price trends for New Zealand’s 17 main commodity exports.
Agri Focus
Bi-monthly overview of developments in the rural sector, combined with research on topical issues (previously Rural Focus).
Property Focus
Monthly overview of property market, assessing trends, the outlook and suggested strategies for borrowers.
Consumer Confidence
A monthly measure of consumer confidence in the New Zealand economy and how this affects their spending behaviour.
Truckometer
Monthly indicator of New Zealand economic momentum using traffic volumes data.
ANZ NZ Merchant and Card Spending
A monthly breakdown of ANZ card spending on a more disaggregated basis than is available in other measures of card spend (not every category is included).
Exchange rate graphs
View the value of the New Zealand dollar (NZD) exchange rate from historical rates through to the most recent hourly updates.
Data timetable
A timetable of forthcoming releases for ANZ Business Outlook, ANZ Commodity Price Index, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence and ANZ Truckometer.
NZ economic acronyms
A list of commonly used economic acronyms, their definition and quick explainers.
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